COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD
Do you have an item for the Community Noticeboard? Get in touch with Brendan Keane at 087 3333165 or brendan.keane@peoplenews.ie
Goodbye to school
Is your son or daughter finishing their primary school education this year?
If they are, it means that, unfortunately, they won’t be able to have their normal graduation day and won’t have the opportunity to say goodbye to their schoolmates and teachers in the usual way.
However, we want to give them that chance so if your child is in sixth class, and about to make the big leap to secondary school, why not sent us in a photo of them with a little message to their friends and teacher to say goodbye.
Just include the child’s name, what school they attended, and a brief message, and email it to brendan.keane@peoplenews.ie
Obituaries
This newspaper offers tribute obituary pieces for bereaved family members and friends within the local community who have recently experienced the loss of a loved one.
The weekly service is free of charge and all obituaries are completed in a manner that is sensitive to your own personal wishes and requests.
They are also shaped entirely by your direction and in full consultation with you at all times.
Please feel free to contact the journalist above if an obituary tribute in this newspaper is something that interests you or if it’s something that you would like to have written to honour the memory of a loved one close to you who has passed away.
Wehave gonedigital
The ‘Enniscorthy Guardian’ is now available as an ePaper which is an exact digital version of the physical printed edition of the newspaper.
It means easy access on any device of your choice and it comes about as a direct response to the changing needs of our readers.
The ePaper and the new Local Irish News app means subscribers can read the Enniscorthy Guardian anytime, anywhere, on any device.
Because it’s an exact replica of the printed edition, subscribers can enjoy the usual comprehensive package of local news, sport, lifestyle and entertainment, delivered straight to your device every Tuesday morning.
The best news of all is that the ePaper offers excellent value for money, with monthly subscriptions priced €5.99 – which equates to €1.50 per week.
However, those who take out the annual subscription option, for €59.99, can save even more money as the price then works out at €1.15 per edition.
The beauty of the new ‘Enniscorthy Guardian’ ePaper is that is means people living away from home, whether it’s in another part of Ireland or somewhere abroad, can now get access to all of the local Enniscorthy and County Wexford news straight to their chosen digital device.
The ePaper has all of the printed edition’s stories and photographs in stunning high definition and it’s very easy to navigate, with a wide range of additional features.
Subscribers can zoom in or out of a page, tap on a story to read it full screen, change the font size, share a story with a friend or bookmark it to read it later.
Subscribers can also use the search tool to find a particular story they want, plus they can also go back to any previous editions of the paper that have been archived in the app.
The crosswords are also fully interactive. A dedicated customer care team has been set up to deal with queries from Monday to Saturday (from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and the team can be contacted through customerhelp@localnews.ie or through 01 7055747.
To subscribe to the ‘Enniscorthy Guardian’ ePaper go to www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/ subscribe.
Boglane petition
A campaign asking Wexford County Council to tar all of the ‘Bog Lane’ that runs from Tobar Geal Lane to Ballytracey, near Boolavogue is currently underway.
The organisers have placed a petition in Boolavogue Post Office and those within the local community are asked to give their support to the initiative.
Christian church
There is an online service from the Alive Christian Church Enniscorthy every Sunday morning at 11 a.m.
The service is available on the Alive Church Ireland YouTube page.
It’s also available on the Alive Church Enniscorthy Facebook page.
For more information, contact 086 8861595 or email info@ alivechurch.ie.
Boolavogue patron
With the continuing restrictions necessitated by the Coronavirus pandemic, the annual patron in St Cormac’s cemetery in Boolavogue has been postponed.
Hopefully it can be held at a later date.
Anyone travelling to the cemetery to tidy the graves of family members and loved ones is asked to please adhere to Government guidelines on travel and social distancing.
Trócaire boxes
With all Masses now held in private, it’s difficult for people to return their Trócaire boxes.
In the Boolavogue area, parishioners who are unable to return their boxes to St Cormac’s Presbytery as a result of travel or other restrictions are asked to consider transferring the equivalent funds to Trócaire online.
Alternatively, a cheque or money order can also be posted to Trócaire Head Office, Maynooth, Co Kildare, W23NX63.
School enrolments
Parents wishing to enrol their children for the September school term in Ballymurn National School are asked to return their completed enrolment forms.
Anyone who has not already submitted their form is asked to email ballymurnprincipal@gmail.com.
Any queries with regard to the enrolment process for other classes or the ASD class can also be directed to the same email.
Galbally enrolments
Scoil Eoin Baiste, in Galbally, is now taking enrolments for the 2020-2021 academic year.
For more information, or to obtain an enrolment form, contact the school office at principal.scoileoinbaiste@gmail.com
Ballyhogue GAAlotto
The numbers drawn in the most recent Ballyhogue GAA club lotto were: 9, 16, 19 and 26 and there was no jackpot winner.
The match-3 winner was John Murphy, Barmoney.
The next draw will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, June 10, with a jackpot prize of €3,400.
Oylegate mass
Public masses will be allowed to resume in Phase 4 of the Government’s roadmap for re
opening the country following the pandemic.
This means masses will resume from July 20, provided that conditions are right.
With that in mind, parishioners in Oylegate are advised to return their parish envelopes in support of church funds when public masses resume.
However, anyone wishing to return their envelopes prior to that can do so by dropping them through the letterbox of the parochial house on Wednesdays.
Another way of supporting the church fund is by visiting www.ferns.ie and clicking on the donate button and following the instructions to allow you donate to the church fund.
Respect churchyard
The church ground in Oylegate, as similar grounds are in other areas of the Ferns diocese, is an area for people to visit for a moment of quiet reflection and prayer during daylight hours.
Such areas are no smoking, no drinking, no drugs and no littering zones and the respect of everyone in this regard is much appreciated.
Locallinkbus
The Local Link Wexford provides a secure, reliable an affordable transport scheme for rural communities across the county.
Services are open to everyone and people of all ages.
The services can greatly assist people attend appointments and doing shopping.
Where possible, passengers can be collected from their homes. Information leaflets about the link are available in many churches throughout the diocese and also through the Local Link Wexford website.
Helpinthe Ballagh
Oulart-the-Ballagh GAA and camogie club members are currently available to help people in the local community.
The volunteers are helping with tasks such as shopping and collection of medical prescriptions.
They are also helping elderly and vulnerable people in the community in other ways too.
The club provides an invaluable contribution to the parish and the members are only delighted to be able to help others around them during the current difficult time for everyone.
For more information on the scheme and how the volunteers might be able to help you or someone you know, contact the following club members: GAA chairman, Bartle Sinnott (087 2041896); Camogie chairperson, Patrick Fortune (087 9339950) or Coiste na nÓg chairperson, Liz Freeman (087 7560871).
Any of the above will ensure you get the help you need.